George W. Bush Quotes
I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.
Bush, George W. Remarks to the Press. 2000.
The role of a sitting president is always raised at election time. This is typical of the answer that the White House Press Secretary provides. See {583495} for another example.
Canadian election campaigns are by American standards extremely short, just a few months. Although she was trying to say that the particular issue takes more time to discuss and resolve satisfactorily in such a limited time frame, this particular gaffe was one of her more commonly quoted. Canada's first female Prime Minister. See Grover Cleveland who faced a similar situation and came our less scathed.
The 1948 Truman presidential campaign
Waking her husband in the middle of the night on their first anniversary:
Referring to Lady Bird Johnson's role in his campaign:
The supervisor was accosted by a citizen who was vituperative in denouncing a recently passed ordinance regarding the curbing of dogs:
This is one of the earliest documents articulating methods of campaigning in a democracy.
Sinclair was a writer who had written about some of the worst scandals in American politics, leaned toward socialized democracy, and decided to run as a reform candidate in California where he lived. He won the Democratic primary easily even though he had no money, political experience, or backing. He terrified the Republicans who ran one of the dirtiest campaigns in American History to defeat him spending more money than in any election up to then including the Presidential elections. (for more details see {619613}) Sinclair lost, but it was close.
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. He was born into the Bush family; his father, George H. W. Bush, was the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
